List of town tramway systems in Ukraine

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This is a list of town tramway systems in Ukraine by oblast. It includes all tram systems, past and present; cities with currently operating systems are indicated in bold. The use of the diamond (♦) symbol indicates where there were (or are) two or more independent tram systems operating concurrently within a single metropolitan area. Those tram systems that operated on other than standard gauge track (where known) are indicated in the 'Notes' column.

Chernihiv Oblast[]

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Trams in Nizhyn Nizhyn Horse 1915 1920s?  

Chernivtsi Oblast[]

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Chernivtsi Electric 18 Jul 1897 20 Mar 1967 Gauge: 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

Autonomous Republic of Crimea[]

Name of system Location Traction type Date (from) Date (to) Notes
Yevpatoria (Eupatoria) Electric 23 May 1914 - Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in).
Note for Eupatoria: Operation suspended 1919–1923 because of war. Operated only during summer season, 1923–1941. Operation suspended 1941–1944 because of war. Operation resumed 1944, then suspended 1944–1947.
  Kerch Electric 7 Nov 1935 Nov 1941 Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
Operation suspended because of war, not restored.
  Electric 18 Aug 1989 Aug 2014 Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in).
Note for Molochne: Built by the Pension Bérégovoy resort to provide transportation between the guest-house complex and the beach (on the Black Sea). Operates only during summer season.
  Simferopol Electric 13 Aug 1914 1 Dec 1970 Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Operation suspended 1941 (or 1942) – 1944 because of war.

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast[]

Name of system Location Traction type Date (from) Date (to) Notes
Kamianske Electric 27 Nov 1935 - Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
Trams in Dnipro Dnipro Electric 26 Jun 1897 - Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
Operation suspended Oct 1919 – Sep 1921 because of war.
Trams in Kryvyi Rih Kryvyi Rih Electric 2 Jan 1935 - Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
Operation suspended Aug 1941 – 6 Nov 1946 because of war. Express tramway opened 26 Dec 1986 (see Kryvyi Rih Metrotram).

Donetsk Oblast[]

Name of system Location Traction type Date (from) Date (to) Notes
Trams in Avdiivka Avdiivka Electric 23 Aug 1965 Jan 2017 Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
From Jan 2017 on, operation is suspended due to the War in Donbass.
Donetsk Electric 15 Jun 1928 - Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
Druzhkivka Electric 5 Dec 1945 - Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
Horlivka Electric 7 Nov 1932 - Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
Operation suspended Nov 1941 – 10 May 1945 because of war.
  Kostiantynivka Electric 23 Aug 1931 26 Dec 2016 Operation suspended Oct 1941 – 1 May 1944 and Jun 2004 – 2008. Unconnected line opened 1933, connected to original system 1965. Reopening in 2008.
  Kramatorsk Electric 12 May 1937 1 Aug 2017 Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
  Makiivka Electric 21 Aug 1927 3 Jul 2006 Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
  ♦ Electric 23 Nov 1924
1956 		1941
  		Reopened and connected with the main Makiivka system, 1956.
Mariupol Electric 1 May 1933 - Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
  Slovianohirsk Petrol (gasoline) traction 1930(?) 1941  
  Sloviansk Steam 1894 1941(?)
  Vuhlehirsk Electric 10 Nov 1958 28 Jun 1980 Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
Trams in Yenakiieve Yenakiieve Electric 24 May 1932 - Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
Operation suspended Nov 1941 – 8 Sep 1944 because of war.

Kharkiv Oblast[]

Name of system Location Traction type Date (from) Date (to) Notes
Trams in Kharkiv Kharkiv Horse 24 Sep 1882 ?  
Electric 16 Jul 1906 - Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
Operation suspended 1 Jan 1920 – Jun 1921 because of war.

Kirovohrad Oblast[]

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Kropyvnytskyi Electric 25 Jul 1897 Aug 1941(?) Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Operation suspended because of war, not restored.

Kyiv Municipality[]

Name of system Location Traction type Date (from) Date (to) Notes
Trams in Kyiv Kyiv Horse 11 Aug 1891 1896  
Steam 19 Feb 1892 1904  
Electric 13 Jun 1892 - Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
First electric tramway in Russian Empire (and thus in Ukraine). Express tramway opened 1979.
  ♦ Darnytsia Petrol (gasoline) May 1912 1934 Operation suspended 1920–1925.
Electric 1926   Connected to main Kyiv system 1925. (Darnytsya is on the left bank of the Dnieper River. Tramway segment on Paton Bridge closed 9 Jun 2004, dividing the Kyiv system into two portions.)
  ♦ Demiivka Electric 1909
1926 		1919
? 		Connected with main Kyiv system 1926.
  ♦ Sviatoshyn Horse 1898 1901  
Electric 1901 ? Connected with main Kyiv system 1923.
  ♦ Darnytsia - Brovary Petrol (gasoline) 1912 1934  

Luhansk Oblast[]

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Luhansk Electric 3 May 1934 15 Jul 2014 Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
Operation suspended Aug 1942 – 25 Mar 1944 because of war.
Temporary suspension of operation because of Russian invasion 2014 changed to perpetual.
  ♦ Electric May 1935 18 February 2008 Operation suspended Aug 1942 – 25 Mar 1944 because of war. Connected with main Luhansk system 1965, disconnected and closed down in 2008.
  Kadiivka Electric 15 Dec 1937 Dec 2007 Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)

Lviv Oblast[]

Name of system Location Traction type Date (from) Date (to) Notes
Trams in Lviv Lviv Horse 5 May 1880 1908(?)  
Electric 31 May 1894 - Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Construction of tramway tunnel started ca. 1989, stopped 1992.

Mykolaiv Oblast[]

Name of system Location Traction type Date (from) Date (to) Notes
Trams in Mykolaiv Mykolaiv Horse 8 Aug 1897
1918 		1915
1921 		 
Electric 3 Jan 1915
May 1922 		1918
- 		Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
Electric tramway operation suspended because of war.

Odesa Oblast[]

Name of system Location Traction type Date (from) Date (to) Notes
  Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Horse 1904 ?  
Steam 1907 1930  
Trams in Odesa Odesa Horse 20 Jul 1880
1919 		1915
Jun 1921 		 
Electric 24 Sep 1910 - Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
First electric tramway within Odessa opened 24 Sep 1910. Operation suspended Jan 1919 – Jun 1921 because of war.
  ♦ Khadzhybeiskyi Lyman Horse 23 May 1899 1917  
  ♦ Kuialnytskyi Lyman Horse 4 Jun 1888 1915  
  ♦ Odessa - Steam 23 Jul 1881
1920 		Oct 1912 (electrified)
5 Sep 1922 		 
  ♦ Odessa - Khadzhybeiskyi Lyman Steam 1893
1920 		Oct 1913 (electrified)
5 Sep 1922 		 
  ♦ (Chornomorka) Electric 22 Aug 1907    

Poltava Oblast[]

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Poltava (Electric)     Construction started 1962, not completed.
  Kremenchuk (Electric) 11 December 1899 1921 Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)

Sevastopol[]

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Sevastopol Electric 24 Sep 1898 1942 Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Operation suspended because of war, not restored.
  ♦ Sevastopol - Balaklava Electric 1925 1942 Operation suspended because of war, not restored.

Sumy Oblast[]

Name of system Location Traction type Date (from) Date (to) Notes
Konotop Electric 25 Dec 1949 - Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
  Sumy ? ? ? Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
Zinoviev "Parovoz". Archived from the original on 31 January 2013. includes Sumy in a list of Ukrainian towns which have or had tramways, but provides no details.

Vinnytsia Oblast[]

Name of system Location Traction type Date (from) Date (to) Notes
Trams in Vinnytsia Vinnytsia Electric 28 Oct 1913 - Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Operation suspended Feb 1920 – 27 Nov 1921, and Mar 1944 – Jun 1945, because of war.

Zaporizhzhia Oblast[]

Name of system Location Traction type Date (from) Date (to) Notes
Zaporizhzhia Electric 17 Jul 1932 - Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
Operation suspended 1943 – 12 Oct 1944 because of war.

Zhytomyr Oblast[]

Name of system Location Traction type Date (from) Date (to) Notes
  Berdychiv Horse 4 Aug 1892 1921 Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)
Zhytomyr Electric 3 Sep 1899 - Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Operation suspended 1918 – 10 Aug 1920 because of war.

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